Bacchus Wonder-wercken
First Edition.
22cm x 17.5cm. [iii]-[xvi], 143, [1] [viii], 140 pages. Full vellum, manuscript lettering.
Waer in Het Recht Gebruyck en Misbruyck des Wijns, door verscheyden vermaeckelijcke eerlijcke en leerlijcke historien wort afgebeeld, ende lasteringe der Dronckenschap met levende verwen afgemaelt. Hier is by-gevoeght De Suyp-stad, of Dronckerts Leven: waer in alle hare gebouwen, manieren, aert, wetten &c. en alles wat by den Dronckaerts gebeurt, boertlijcker wyse word af-geschildert… /[Bacchus Wonder-works: Which in The Lawful Use and Misuse of Wine, by various entertaining honest and instructive history is depicted, and the blasphemies of Drunkenness are painted with living pains. Here is by-joined The Suyp-town, or Dronckert’s Life: where in all her buildings, manners, aert, laws &c. and everything that happens by the Dronckaerts is painted off …] Dutch work on wine by the bookseller Dirch Pieters Wittepers, illustrated with title vignette and 4 engravings by Gillis van Scheyndel in the text. Another work on The Hague, ‘s Graven-Hage, by Jacob vander Does (1668) without the title page or engravings bound before it.
Bacchus Wonder-wercken with dampstaining from preliminaries to pp. 30 and from pp. 121 to end, mostly minor, moderately showing to first and last few leaves. Top margin cut short partially cropping titles. The final illustration with ink soil. ‘s Graven-Hage lacks title page and plates, else text complete. Closed tear to fore-edge of K4. Good Condition.
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